I posted this in the Historic Forum but thought it would be welcome here as well.
Work is underway to resume production of the first helicopter approved for commercial use.
Last year, Bell Helicopter Textron transferred the Approved Type Certificvate for the venerable Bell 47 to Scott’s Helicopter Service of Minnesota.
The firm then formed “Scott’s Bell 47” to support the aircraft and in August received Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) allowing the company to make parts currently not available for the Bell 47.
Initially, the idea was to support the hundreds of Bell 47s still flying, but a couple of their press releases show that they eventually want to undertake full production.
“The PMA process will be used until the company ultimately obtains a Production Certificate.” from a relase issued 2/22/2010.
and more recently,
“…Neil’s experience will be invaluable when it comes to obtaining the Production Certificate necessary for producing new Scott’s – Bell 47s! “
from a release on 1/10/2011.
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January 26, 2011 at 6:35 pm